Orthotopic procedures (from Greek ''orthos'', straight + ''topos'', place) are those occurring at the normal place. Examples include: *

Orthotopic liver transplantation Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, al ...

, in which the previous liver is removed and the transplant is placed at that location in the body * Orthotopic heart transplantation * Orthotopic kidney transplantation. When organs are transplanted to a different anatomical location the procedure is said to be heterotopic (e.g.

heterotopic heart transplantation A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common proce ...

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